Mega /catalytic projects
The national department of Human Settlements needs to be very cautious in how it implements its ‘mega/ catalytic’ housing project programme. Professor Philip Harrison from the University of Witwatersrand concluded,...
Planning4informality
“One in five urban South Africans live in undignified conditions.” On 17 August 2017 Isandla Institute launched a planning for informality app that can be used by the public to find...
Learning Brief #11: Creating quality environments – Managed Land Settlement
Neighbourhoods that are developed using the Managed Land Settlement (MLS) approach are better than RDP neighbourhoods. This assertion is based on the argument that MLS environments are more adaptive to...
Learning Brief #10: Managed Land Settlement – Increasing densities
The South African Government is sending strong signals that we are about to see a significant policy shift when it comes to how government plans to address its constitutional mandate...
Learning Brief #8: A New Land Records System
It is fairly well understood how an incremental settlement approach to addressing South Africa's housing and settlement needs works, but there is less understanding however for how an incremental settlement...
Learning Brief #9: Rethinking Land and Housing Allocation
In this Learning Brief, Afesis-corplan proposes that government should shift the majority of its housing budget from building RDP houses (for a relatively few people every year) to providing (basic) serviced...
Strategic Plan Handbook 2017
Afesis-corplan, having worked on local governance and housing development issues for more than 20 years is one of the organizations that offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise that could...
Responding to Eviction and Displacement
About 35 participants from local and international NGO’s met under the theme “forced evictions and urban displacement” in Soweto between 17-20 July 2017 to learn more about local experiences in...
Learning Brief #7: Land acquisition and development for human settlement
As a country we need to prioritise the acquisition and development of land for settlement purposes if we are to make any impact on the demand for housing. Between 1994...
Learning Brief #6: Motivation for a housing development support programme
Afesis-corplan has been promoting the concept of managed land settlement (MLS) for a number of years. MLS is where government allows people to settle on (semi) serviced land with basic...